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JULY 27, 2017

In a blog post entitled “A Very Sad Goodbye,” mentions of financial trouble outline the reasons for the closure. “The company has run into unforeseen financial difficulty and we can’t afford to keep the virtual lights on anymore,” the company states in its blog post.

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JULY 3, 2017

Recently Oculus announced via their blog that they’ve added native MR support to their flagship PC VR headset, the Oculus Rift. If you are an HTC Vive user, you can read more about mixed reality setup in our previously published guide here. Tagged with: mixed reality Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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MAY 31, 2017

The Microsoft roll out is one of the most interesting plays for VR dominance given the headsets are extremely light weight and feature precise tracking that requires no outside hardware — so they are much more convenient to set up than a Rift and Vive. Tagged with: microsoft Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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MARCH 15, 2021

HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. The Vive Tracker 3.0 I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Gorilla Tag and its side effects Funny link.

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MAY 17, 2017

” This is the tagline accompanying the shadowy image of a brand new virtual reality headset that was unveiled today from the manufacturers of the popular Vive VR system: HTC. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) May 17, 2017. Tagged with: Worldsense Facebook Twitter Reddit More. Standalone VR.”

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JULY 27, 2017

In a blog post entitled “A Very Sad Goodbye,” mentions of financial trouble outline the reasons for the closure. “The company has run into unforeseen financial difficulty and we can’t afford to keep the virtual lights on anymore,” the company states in its blog post.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

HTC’s anticipated Tracker peripheral for the HTC Vive is unsurprisingly proving popular with the VR developer community. In a blog post , the company noted that it is committed to reviewing every single application for a kit, and is keeping the process open for longer than they originally projected to do so.

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MAY 10, 2017

Today Google announced via their blog that they’ve acquired Owlchemy Labs, the creators of Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. “We set out on a journey over six years ago to build the kinds of games we wanted to see exist,” states the Owlchemy blog post on the topic.

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MARCH 8, 2017

The studio wanted the kind of control you can get with VR controllers like the HTC Vive’s six degree of freedom (6DOF) wands but for HoloLens. Instead of using just a Vive controller, AfterNow turned to something millions of us already have, the smartphone. Tagged with: HoloLens , microsoft.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Writing on a PlayStation Blog post , the studio compared it to a MOBA with a difference. The game is also heading to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive at a later date. Tagged with: Ancient Amuletor , PlayStation VR , PSVR. Enemies descend upon nodes and try to destroy them, and it’s your job to protect them.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. All the reviewers highlight it is better than Quest 2, but for most people, there is no real value to justify the $1500 price tag yet. Probably its launch should have been planned with more care. Donate for good.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Using a collection of techniques, including a modified HTC Vive with SMI eye tracking , Google digitally recreates your face in place of the VR headset that is blocking it. ” Tagged with: Google Research.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The HTC Vive Tracker presents a lot of new possibilities for VR software, and the company is making sure developers make the most of it. Vive today opened up applications for developers to get their hands on one of 1,000 Tracker units before they launch later in the year. The Vive Tracker is rolling out to the public in Q2 2017.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

You can read some of my hands-on articles on my blog (e.g. The new updates to Vive Focus 3 may revolution LBEVR. In a side event happening after AWE, HTC has announced a bunch of updates of Vive Focus 3 that have the potential of revolutionizing the Location Based Entertainment in VR (LBEVR o LBVR) sector. Top news of the week.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Just under eight months after it first launched on the Oculus Rift, CCP Games’ EVE: Valkyrie [ Review: 9/10 ] is finally available on the HTC Vive from today, though it’s lacking some features we’d really hoped to see. Tagged with: combat , EVE Valkyrie , multiplayer , space flight.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In a blog post today, Ubisoft ( Assassins Creed , Watch Dogs ) announced that it will be bringing cross-platform multiplayer functionality to its growing list of virtual reality games. ” Tagged with: bridge crew , cross-play , Eagle Flight , multiplayer , online , star trek , ubisoft , werewolves within.

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APRIL 18, 2022

It’s interesting that Chris Pruett also stressed that “there are apps on App Lab today that have generated over a million dollars in revenue” : I guess Gorilla Tag is one of them. Palmer Luckey has published a blog post on his own website to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Oculus, the company he founded. Road To VR). Learn more.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Featured in these new clips are Space Pirate Trainer (above) and Fantastic Contraption (below), two games that fully utilize room scale VR on the HTC Vive and, from tomorrow, the Oculus Rift. Writing on his blog , Gartner said that filming in this way was more “cost effective” and less time consuming.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

From a blog post about the update: Travel to various Destinations to find hidden item caches using the new Cache Finder tool. The update requires hand controllers like the Oculus Touch or Vive wands for the new features. ” Tagged with: Destinations , social , toybox , valve. You can even trade with other visitors.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago. The news is that the device may be called Vive Ultimate Tracker and retail at $200 per unit. To work, trackers need a custom Vive dongle which costs $39.

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JUNE 12, 2017

on PSVR and HTC Vive, a far cry from the non-VR game’s original launch price of $59.99 While the non-VR Doom has since gone down in price (now $29.99), it comes to us from the same parent studio, Bethesda, that just priced the upcoming Fallout 4 VR at a full price tag of $59.99. just last year. You might be wondering why.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The VR specialist posted a new blog in which it details ideal set ups for the Oculus sensors that track the headset and controllers. The HTC Vive can do it with only two lighthouse base stations. The blog post is also the first in a four-part series, so later entries will likely provide more tips.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

First of all such systems based on IMU and not on full positional tracking are prone to drift and tracking inaccuracies, so it’s unrealistic that Mocopi can give you in VRChat the same performances as Vive Trackers. Gorilla Tag is coming to the Quest Store! The ultra-popular indie game Gorilla Tag is finally coming to the Quest Store!

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JANUARY 14, 2017

” Announced on their blog , Northway Games has put a major new feature into the hands of players: The level editor. Fantastic Contraption is available on Steam for Rift and Vive for $29.99 Tagged with: fantastic contraption , htc vive , oculus rift , PS VR. In an email, developer Sarah Northway wrote “1.6.0

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Company founder and CEO, David Braben, confirmed as much on the PlayStation Blog , along with revealing a new trailer that you can see below. Elite already supports the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on PC, but today’s announcement makes no mention of integration with Sony’s headset. We reached out to Frontier to find out more.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Adding fuel to the fire, Lead Programmer Brian Windover noted that “native VR support” played a role in selecting Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 as the development tool for the project on a blog on Epic’s site. UE4 is indeed highly compatible with VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

I know, I’m too honest… and this is not good for views on my blog. Oculus Quest and Vive Focus 3 get interesting updates. Vive Focus 3 , instead, has just released a new version of the runtime that dramatically improves hands tracking , making it able to track properly also hands that are moving very fast. Gorilla Tag reaches 1.5M

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MARCH 8, 2021

The tweet shows a grey Vive logo and the caption “It’s your move”. The Vive Tracker is now pretty old and new alternatives from companies like Manus and Tundra Labs are going to be launched, so it could be a good idea to renew it a bit. Gorilla Tag is the last VR phenomenon. Other relevant news. Image by HTC). Funny link.

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JUNE 2, 2016

To keep track of VR developments at Google, then you can follow their Google VR Twitter account, and keep an eye on any VR tagged posts on the Google Developers Blog.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Ever since Tilt Brush from Google first released earlier this year on Steam with official support for the HTC Vive, thousands of people have created amazing works of art. According to an official Google blog post , these 60 creators have already begun collaboratively solving some of Tilt Brush’s problems together.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Ever since Fantastic Contraption [ Review: 8/10 ] released alongside the HTC Vive earlier this year, it’s been a staple of any Vive gamer’s library. “We’re devotees of roomscale, but we recognize that not all Vive owners have space for it,” writes Sarah Northway in an email to UploadVR.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

CCP has a long list of other tweaks and balances over on the a blog post it released yesterday. Look for the update to drop next week on PSVR, Rift and Vive. Tagged with: ccp games , EVE Valkyrie. This may well be the last update for the game before this year’s EVE Fanfest event gets underway in April.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

In a blog post today, the final in its series looking at getting the most out of Roomscale VR, the company has shared some suggestions for equipment you might want to use to get the most out of your play space. Tagged with: oculus , roomscale. Except it does really.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

As announced over on the PlayStation Blog , Darknet , the developer’s futuristic hacking-based puzzle game, is making its way from Gear VR and Oculus Rift over to Sony’s system at some point in early 2017. Tagged with: darknet , E McNeill , puzzle.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Google declined to comment on exactly which other headsets support this release though a blog mentions that support for Cardboard headsets and desktop platforms — which would use the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive — would be added soon. Tagged with: Daydream , google , webvr.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Microsoft is rolling out development kits for the first VR headset made by Acer later this month, but in a blog post announcing that news, it dropped an even juicier detail. Microsoft’s headsets seem a likely option, but could it go beyond that to also support the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive? Today, we can confirm it will.

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